Editing Shizuoka Prefecture

{{Short description|Prefecture of Japan}}
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Japan]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[List of regions of Japan|Region]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Chūbu region|Chūbu]] ([[Tōkai region|Tōkai]])
| subdivision_type2       = [[List of islands of Japan|Island]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Honshu]]
| seat_type               = [[List of capitals in Japan|Capital]]
| seat                    = [[Shizuoka, Shizuoka|Shizuoka]]
| seat1_type              = Largest city
| seat1                   = [[Hamamatsu]]
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| p1                      = [[Districts of Japan|Districts]]: 5
| p2                      = [[Municipalities of Japan|Municipalities]]: 35
| leader_title            = [[List of prefectural governors in Japan|Governor]]
| leader_name             = [[Yasutomo Suzuki]]
| area_total_km2          = 7777.42
| area_water_percent      = 2.6
| area_rank               = [[List of Japanese prefectures by area|13th]]
| elevation_max_m         = 3778
| elevation_max_point     = [[Mount Fuji]]
| population_footnotes    = 
| population_total        = 3555818
| population_as_of        = 1 September 2023
| population_rank         = [[List of Japanese prefectures by population|10th]]
| population_density_km2  = auto
| demographics_type2      = GDP
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web |title=2020年度国民経済計算（2015年基準・2008SNA） : 経済社会総合研究所 - 内閣府 |url=https://www.esri.cao.go.jp/jp/sna/data/data_list/kakuhou/files/2020/2020_kaku_top.html |access-date=18 May 2023 |website=内閣府ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref>
| demographics2_title1    = Total
| demographics2_info1     = [[JP¥]] 17,866 billion<br />[[US$]] 163.9 billion (2019)
| iso_code                = JP-22
| website                 = {{URL|www.pref.shizuoka.jp/a_foreign/english}}
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| bird     = [[Japanese paradise flycatcher]] (''Terpsiphone atrocaudata'')
| fish     = 
| flower   = [[Azalea]] (''Rhododendron'')
| tree     = [[Sweet osmanthus]] (''Osmanthus fragrans'' var. ''aurantiacus'')
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| population_blank2       = [[Shizuoka dialect]]
| anthem                  = {{ill|Shizuoka kenka|ja|静岡県歌|quote=y}} and {{ill|Fuji yo yume yo tomo yo|ja|富士よ夢よ友よ|quote=y}}
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{{nihongo|'''Shizuoka Prefecture'''|静岡県|Shizuoka-ken|{{IPA|ja|ɕi.(d)zɯꜜ.o.ka, ɕi.(d)zɯ.o.kaꜜ.keɴ}}<ref>{{cite book|script-title=ja:NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典|publisher=NHK Publishing|editor=NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute|date=24 May 2016|lang=ja}}</ref>}} is a [[Prefectures of Japan|prefecture]] of [[Japan]] located in the [[Chūbu region]] of [[Honshu]].<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Shizuoka-ken" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 876|page=876}}; "Chūbu" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 126|page=126}}</ref> {{as of|2023|9|post=,}} Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,555,818 and has a geographic area of {{convert|7777.42|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. Shizuoka Prefecture borders [[Kanagawa Prefecture]] to the east, [[Yamanashi Prefecture]] to the northeast, [[Nagano Prefecture]] to the north, and [[Aichi Prefecture]] to the west.

[[Shizuoka (city)|Shizuoka]] is the capital and [[Hamamatsu]] is the largest city in Shizuoka Prefecture, with other major cities including [[Fuji, Shizuoka|Fuji]], [[Numazu]], and [[Iwata, Shizuoka|Iwata]].<ref>Nussbaum, "Shizuoka" at {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 876|page=876}}.</ref> Shizuoka Prefecture is located on Japan's [[Pacific Ocean]] coast and features [[Suruga Bay]] formed by the [[Izu Peninsula]], and [[Lake Hamana]] which is considered to be one of Japan's largest lakes. [[Mount Fuji]], the tallest [[volcano]] in Japan and [[cultural icon]] of the country, is partially located in Shizuoka Prefecture on the border with Yamanashi Prefecture. Shizuoka Prefecture has a significant [[Motor vehicle|motoring]] heritage as the founding location of [[Honda]], [[Suzuki Motor Corporation|Suzuki]], and [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]], and is home to the [[Fuji International Speedway]].

[[File:Mt.Fuji-Osezaki.jpg|thumb|View of Mt. Fuji from Numazu]]

== History ==
{{See also|Historic Sites of Shizuoka Prefecture}}
Shizuoka Prefecture was established from the former [[Tōtōmi Province|Tōtōmi]], [[Suruga Province|Suruga]] and [[Izu Province|Izu]] provinces.<ref>Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 780|page=780}}.</ref>

The area was the home of the first [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shōgun]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] held the region until he conquered the lands of the [[Hōjō clan]] in the [[Kantō region]] and placed land under the stewardship of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. After becoming ''shōgun'', Tokugawa took the land back for his family and put the area around modern-day Shizuoka City under the direct supervision of the shogunate. With the creation of the Shizuoka han from the [[Sunpu Domain]] in 1868, it once again became the residence of the Tokugawa family.

== Geography ==
Shizuoka Prefecture is an elongated region following the coast of the [[Pacific Ocean]] at the [[Suruga Bay]]. In the west, the prefecture extends deep into the [[Japan Alps]]. In the east, it becomes a narrower coast bounded in the north by [[Mount Fuji]], until it comes to the [[Izu Peninsula]], a popular resort area pointing south into the Pacific.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}}

{{As of|2012|04|post=,}} 11% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as [[List of national parks of Japan#History|natural parks]], namely the [[Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park|Fuji-Hakone-Izu]] and [[Minami Alps National Park|Minami Alps]] National Parks; [[Tenryū-Okumikawa Quasi-National Park]]; and four Prefectural Natural Parks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/doc/files/np_6.pdf |title=General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture |publisher=[[Ministry of the Environment (Japan)|Ministry of the Environment]] |date=1 April 2012 |access-date=10 August 2014}}</ref>

=== Climate ===
In Shizuoka prefecture, the [[temperature]], over the course of the year, typically varies from 1.1&nbsp;°C  (34&nbsp;°F) to 30.5&nbsp;°C (87&nbsp;°F) and is rarely below -2.2&nbsp;°C (28&nbsp;°F) or above 33.8&nbsp;°C (93&nbsp;°F.) The summers in Shizuoka are warm, oppressive, and mostly cloudy; the winters are very cold, windy, and mostly clear.<ref>[https://weatherspark.com/y/143722/Average-Weather-in-Shizuoka-Japan-Year-Round weatherspark, Shizuoka prefecture.]</ref>

=== Disaster ===
On 15 March 2011, Shizuoka Prefecture was hit with [[2011 Shizuoka earthquake|a magnitude 6.2 earthquake]] approximately {{Convert|42|km|mi|abbr=on}} NNE of [[Shizuoka, Shizuoka|Shizuoka City]]. It is said, that throughout history, Shizuoka area has experienced a large earthquake every 100 to 150 years.

:{{See also|Tōkai earthquakes}}

=== Demographics ===
[[File:Shizuoka prefecture population pyramid in 2020.svg|thumb|Shizuoka prefecture population pyramid in 2020]]
3,635,220 people live in Shizuoka Prefecture, according to the 2020 census.<ref>[https://toukei.pref.shizuoka.jp/jinkoushugyouhan/data/02-010/documents/r2sokuhou.pdf Shizuoka prefecture official statistics（令和2年国勢調査 静岡県の人口（速報値））]</ref>

=== Municipalities ===
{{See also|List of cities in Shizuoka Prefecture by population}}
Since 2010, Shizuoka has consisted of 35 [[Municipalities of Japan|municipalities]]: 23 [[Cities of Japan|cities]] and 12 [[Towns of Japan|towns]].

<gallery mode="packed">
File:Nihondaira from shizuoka plain.JPG|[[Shizuoka City]]
File:Hamamatsu City - panoramio (1).jpg|[[Hamamatsu]]
File:Numazu and Mount Fuji.jpg|[[Numazu]] and [[Mount Fuji]]
File:Fujinomiya 20120909.jpg|[[Fujinomiya]]
File:Atami 20170211-1.jpg|[[Atami]]
</gallery>

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    | label = <sup style="display:block;position:relative;top:-5px;">[[Yoshida, Shizuoka|Yoshida]]</sup><sub style="display:block;position:relative;top:-5px;">吉田町</sub>
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    | label = <sup style="display:block;position:relative;top:-5px;">[[Mori, Shizuoka|Mori]]</sup><sub style="display:block;position:relative;top:-5px;">森町</sub>
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    | label = <sup style="display:block;position:relative;top:-5px;">[[Nagaizumi]]</sup><sub style="display:block;position:relative;top:-5px;">長泉町</sub>
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    | label = <sup style="display:block;position:relative;top:-5px;">[[Oyama, Shizuoka|Oyama]]</sup><sub style="display:block;position:relative;top:-5px;">小山町</sub>
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    | label = <sup style="display:block;position:relative;top:-5px;">[[Shimizu, Shizuoka|Shimizu]]</sup><sub style="display:block;position:relative;top:-5px;">清水町</sub>
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=== Mergers ===
{{Main|List of mergers in Shizuoka Prefecture}}
After the introduction of modern municipalities in 1889, Shizuoka consisted of 337 municipalities: 1 (by definition: district-independent) city and 23 districts with 31 towns and 305 [[Villages of Japan|villages]]. The Great Shōwa mergers of the 1950s reduced the total from 281 to 97 between 1953 and 1960, including 18 cities by then. The Great Heisei mergers of the 2000s combined the 74 remaining municipalities in the year 2000 into the current 35 by 2010.

== List of governors of Shizuoka (since 1947) ==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! #
! Name<br /><small>(Birth–Death)</small>
! colspan="2" | Term of office
! Political Party
|-
! 1
| Takeji Kobayashi (小林武治)<br /><small>(1899–1988)</small>
| 23 April 1947
| 22 April 1951
| Independent
|-
! 2
| Toshio Saito (斎藤寿夫)<br /><small>(1908–1999)</small>
| 1 May 1951
| 8 January 1967
| [[Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)|Liberal Party]] (1951–1959)<br />[[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] (1959–1967)
|-
! 3
| Yutaro Takeyama (竹山祐太郎)<br /><small>(1901–1982)</small>
| 31 January 1967
| 24 June 1974
| [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]]
|-
! 4
| Keizaburo Yamamoto (山本敬三郎)<br /><small>(1913–2006)</small>
| 10 June 1974
| 6 July 1986
| LDP
|-
! 5
| Shigeyoshi Saito (斉藤滋与史)<br /><small>(1918–2018)</small>
| 7 July 1986
| 23 June 1993
| LDP
|-
! 6
| [[Yoshinobu Ishikawa]] (石川嘉延)<br /><small>(born in 1940)</small>
| 3 August 1993
| 17 June 2009
| Independent
|-
! 7
| [[Heita Kawakatsu]] (川勝平太)<br /><small>(born in 1948)</small>
| 7 July 2009
| 9 May 2024
| Independent
|-
! 8
| [[Yasutomo Suzuki]] (鈴木康友)<br /><small>(born in 1957)</small>
| 28 May 2024
| ''Incumbent''
| Independent
|}

== Industry ==
Home to a shogun, cherry shrimp, and Japan's green tea heartland. Situated along Suruga Bay between Tokyo and Nagoya on the historic Tokaido route, the Pacific coast city of Shizuoka is famed for supplying most of Japan's tea and maguro tuna.
=== Motorcycles ===
Shizuoka-based companies are world leaders in several major industrial sectors. '''[[Honda]]''', '''[[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]''', and '''[[Suzuki]]''' all have their roots in Shizuoka prefecture and are still manufacturing here. Thanks to this, Shizuoka prefecture accounts for 28% of Japanese [[motorcycle]] [[export]]s.<ref name="Shizuoka_Pref_official_website">[http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/a_foreign/english/glance/business.html Shizuoka Prefecture official website, Industry in Shizuoka.]</ref>

=== Musical instruments ===
'''Yamaha''' and '''[[Kawai Musical Instruments|Kawai]]''' are both global [[piano]] brands. Yamaha has the largest share in the global piano market. Kawai has the second largest share. They both got their start in Shizuoka prefecture in the early twentieth century.<ref name="Shizuoka_Pref_official_website" /><ref name="Kyoto_Univ_of_Art">[http://g.kyoto-art.ac.jp/reports/1131/  (In Japanese) Kyoto University of Arts, Musical instruments industry in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture.]</ref>

'''Yamaha''' and '''[[Roland Corporation|Roland]]''' are major brand for [[electronic musical instrument]]s. In the [[electronic piano]] world market, Yamaha has the world's largest share. Roland and Kawai have the second and third place share. Roland and Yamaha also manufacture high-quality [[synthesizer]]s and [[drum machine]]s for professional musicians.

In addition, various instruments such as [[wind instrument]]s and [[guitar]]s are manufactured in this prefecture. There are about 200 companies that manufacture musical instruments, in this prefecture.

Most of these musical instruments are especially produced in [[Hamamatsu]] City.<ref name="Kyoto_Univ_of_Art" />

<gallery mode="packed" widths="140">
File:YAMAHA (headquarters 3).jpg|Yamaha headquarters
File:SUZUKI-MotorHQ.jpg|Suzuki headquarters
File:Yamaha MT-07 at Tokyo Motor Show 2013.jpg|Yamaha motorcycles
File:Suzuki GW250 2011 Tokyo Motor Show.jpg|Suzuki motorcycles
File:Yamaha Outboard Motors 001.JPG|Yamaha [[outboard motor]]s
File:SUZUKI MARINE, Engine DF90AT, Outboard motor,.jpg|Suzuki outboard motors
File:Yamaha grand piano, Piano Recital 2012.jpg|Yamaha grand piano
File:Matt Bellamy Lollapalooza 2007.jpg|Kawai grand piano
File:Yamaha P-140S top view.jpg|Yamaha electronic piano
File:Roland D-50 Front (tweaked image).jpg|[[Roland D-50]] sythesizer
File:TR-808 - MIM, Phoenix (2019-08-30 14.59.26 by Bryan Pocius) (cropped).jpg|[[Roland TR-808]]. An iconic drum machine by [[Roland Corporation|Roland]].
File:Yamaha guitars, NAMM 2011.jpg|Yamaha [[acoustic guitar]]s
File:Yamaha SG1802, Guitar-Day 2010.jpg|Yamaha [[electric guitar]]s
File:Musical instruments on display at the MIM (14165208240).jpg|Yamaha wind instruments
</gallery>

== Transportation ==

=== Rail ===
[[File:Series-N700a-Mt.Fuji.jpg|thumb|Tōkaidō Shinkansen]]
[[File:Series313-3100-V13.jpg|thumb|Minobu Line]]
[[File:Series3000-Sunzu-Line.jpg|thumb|Izuhakone Railway]]
[[File:Gakunan-Type7000-7001.jpg|thumb|Gakunan Railway]]
[[File:JNR C11 190 20120805.jpg|thumb|[[Ōigawa Railway]]]]
* [[Enshū Railway Line|Enshū Railway]]
* [[Gakunan Railway Line|Gakunan Railway]]
* [[Izuhakone Railway]]
** [[Daiyūzan Line]]
** [[Sunzu Line]]
* [[Izu Kyūkō Line|Izukyū]]
* [[JR Central]]
** [[Tōkaidō Shinkansen]]
** [[Iida Line]]
** [[Gotenba Line]]
** [[Minobu Line]]
** [[Tōkaidō Line]] (Atami–[[Toyohashi]])
* [[JR East]]
** [[Tōkaidō Line]] ([[Atami]]–[[Odawara]])
** [[Itō Line]]
* [[Ōigawa Railway]]
* [[Shizuoka Railway]]
* [[Tenryū Hamanako Railroad]]

=== Roads ===

==== Expressways ====
* [[Chūbu-Ōdan Expressway]]
* [[Izu-Jūkan Expressway]]
* [[San-en Nanshin Expressway]]
* [[Shin-Tōmei Expressway]]
* [[Tōmei Expressway]]

==== Toll roads ====
* Fujinomiya Road
* Nishi-Fuji Road
* Shizuoka East-West Road
* Shizuoka South-North Road
* West Fuji Road (not a toll road anymore as of 2012)

==== National highways ====
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* [[Japan National Route 1|National Route 1]]
* [[Japan National Route 42|National Route 42]]
* [[Japan National Route 52|National Route 52]]
* [[Japan National Route 135|National Route 135]]
* [[Japan National Route 136|National Route 136]]
* [[Japan National Route 138|National Route 138]]
* [[Japan National Route 139|National Route 139]]
* [[Japan National Route 149|National Route 149]]
* [[Japan National Route 150|National Route 150]]
* [[Japan National Route 152|National Route 152]]
* [[Japan National Route 246|National Route 246]]
* [[Japan National Route 257|National Route 257]]
* [[Japan National Route 301|National Route 301]]
* [[Japan National Route 362|National Route 362]]
* [[Japan National Route 414|National Route 414]]
* [[Japan National Route 469|National Route 469]]
* [[Japan National Route 473|National Route 473]]
* [[Japan National Route 474|National Route 474]]
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=== Airports ===
[[File:Fujisan-Shizuoka airport,Makinohara-city,Japan.jpg|thumb|Shizuoka Airport]]
* [[Shizuoka Airport]]

=== Ports ===
* Shimizu Port
* Atami Port and Shimoda Port – Mainly ferry route to Izu Island
* Numazu Port

== Education ==

=== Universities ===
'''National universities'''
* [[Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Japan)|Graduate University for Advanced Studies]] (Mishima Campus, [[National Institute of Genetics]])
* [[Hamamatsu University School of Medicine]]
* [[Shizuoka University]]

'''Public universities'''
* [[Shizuoka University of Art and Culture]]
* [[University of Shizuoka]]

'''Private universities'''
* [[Fuji Tokoha University]]
* [[Hamamatsu University]]
* [[Hamamatsu Gakuin University]]
* [[Juntendo University]] (Mishima Campus)
* [[Nihon University]] (Mishima Campus)
* [[Seirei Christopher University]]
* [[Shizuoka Eiwa Gakuin University]]
* [[Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology]]
* [[Shizuoka Sangyo University]]
* [[Shizuoka University of Welfare]]
* [[Tokai University]] (Shimizu and Numazu Campuses)
* [[Tokoha Gakuen University]]
* [[Tokyo Women's Medical University]] (Daito Campus)

=== Senior high schools ===
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* [[Hamana High School]]
* [[Hiryū High School]]
* Numazu Commercial High School
* [[Shizuoka Gakuen Junior and Senior High School]]
* Shizuoka Prefectural High School
* [[Shizuoka Prefectural Susono High School]]

== Sports ==
[[File:Nihondaira stadium20090412a.jpg|thumb|[[Shimizu S-Pulse]] playing at the [[IAI Stadium Nihondaira]] in [[Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka|Shimizu-ku]]]]
The sports teams listed below are based in Shizuoka.

=== Basketball ===
* [[San-en NeoPhoenix]]

=== Motorsport ===
* [[Fuji International Speedway]]

=== Rugby ===
* [[Yamaha Júbilo]] ([[Iwata, Shizuoka|Iwata]])

=== Football ===
* [[Shimizu S-Pulse]] ([[Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka|Shimizu]], [[Shizuoka, Shizuoka|Shizuoka]])
* [[Júbilo Iwata]] ([[Iwata, Shizuoka|Iwata]])
** Matches between the above two teams, both currently in the top flight of the [[J. League]], are known as the [[Shizuoka derby]].
* [[Honda F.C.]] ([[Hamamatsu, Shizuoka|Hamamatsu]])
* [[Azul Claro Numazu]] ([[Numazu, Shizuoka|Numazu]])
* [[Fujieda MYFC]] ([[Fujieda, Shizuoka|Fujieda]])

=== Volleyball ===
* [[Toray Arrows (men's volleyball team)]] ([[Mishima, Shizuoka|Mishima city]])

== Tourism ==
{{See also|Tourism in Japan}}

=== Museums ===
* {{ill|Museum of Natural and Environmental History, Shizuoka|ja|ふじのくに地球環境史ミュージアム|species|SPMN}}
* [[Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art]]

=== Theme parks ===
* Air Park Japan Air Self-Defense Force Hamamatsu Public Information Building)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://planetyze.com/en/japan/shizuoka/air-park-japan-air-self-defense-force-hamamatsu-public-information-building/information |title=About Air Park Japan Air Self-Defense Force Hamamatsu Public Information Building – Shizuoka Travel Guide {{!}} Planetyze|website=Planetyze|language=en|access-date=17 November 2017}}</ref>
* Shimizu Sushi Museum<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://planetyze.com/en/japan/shizuoka/shimizu-sushi-museum/information |title=About Shimizu Sushi Museum – Shizuoka Travel Guide {{!}} Planetyze|website=Planetyze|language=en|access-date=17 November 2017}}</ref>

=== Festivals and events ===
[[File:Hamamatsu festival 3.JPG|thumb|A kite festival in Hamamatsu, May 2013]]
* Daidogei World Cup in central [[Shizuoka City]], held in November
* Enshu Daimyo Festival in [[Iwata, Shizuoka|Iwata]], held in April
* [[Mishima, Shizuoka|Mishima]] Festival, held in August
* [[Numazu]] Festival, held in July
* Shimizu Port Festival, held on 5 to 7 August
* Shimoda Black Ship Festival, held in May
* Shizuoka Festival, held in April

<gallery mode="packed">
File:Fujinomiya Hongu Sengen Taisha Honden.jpg|[[Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha]] [[Fujinomiya, Shizuoka|Fujinomiya]]
File:181124 Shuzenji Onsen Izu Shizuoka pref Japan01s3.jpg|Shuzenji Onsen [[Izu, Shizuoka|Izu]]
File:Sunpu-castle tatsumi-yagura.JPG|[[Sunpu Castle]] [[Shizuoka, Shizuoka|Shizuoka]] [[Aoi-ku, Shizuoka|Aoi-ku]]
File:Hamamatsu.JPG|[[Hamamatsu Castle]] [[Hamamatsu]] [[Naka-ku, Hamamatsu|<nowiki/>]] [[Chūō-ku, Hamamatsu|Chūō-ku]]
File:Kakegawa castle.jpg|[[Kakegawa Castle]] [[Kakegawa, Shizuoka|Kakegawa]]
File:静岡県立美術館-1.JPG|[[Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art]] [[Shizuoka, Shizuoka|Shizuoka]] [[Suruga-ku, Shizuoka|Suruga-ku]]
File:LakeSanaru2.JPG|Lake Sanaru [[Hamamatsu]] [[Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu|Nishi-ku]]
File:BentenjimaKaihinkoenHamamatsu1.jpg|[[Lake Hamana]] [[Hamamatsu]] [[Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu|Nishi-ku]]
File:Beach in Atami City with sea bathers.jpg|Atami Sun Beach [[Atami, Shizuoka|Atami]]
File:Prunus lannesiana cv. Kawazu-zakura 05.jpg|Kawazu Cherry blossom [[Kamo District, Shizuoka|Kamo District]] [[Kawazu, Shizuoka|Kawazu]]
File:Mt Fuji at Mihonomatsubara.jpg|[[Miho no Matsubara]] [[Shizuoka, Shizuoka|Shizuoka]] [[Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka|Shimizu-ku]]
File:富士サファリパーク ライオン2 Fuji-safari-park-Lion2.jpg|Fuji Safari Park [[Susono, Shizuoka|Susono]]
File:Hanahaku2014-4.JPG|Hamanako Garden Park [[Hamamatsu]] [[Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu|Nishi-ku]]
File:Snowtown Yeti.JPG|Snowtown Yeti & [[Mount Fuji]] [[Susono, Shizuoka|Susono]]
File:Haiden of Kunozan Toshogu.jpg|[[Kunōzan Tōshō-gū]] [[Shizuoka, Shizuoka|Shizuoka]] [[Suruga-ku, Shizuoka|Suruga-ku]]
File:Jogasaki Coast 20111016 b.jpg|Jogasaki Coast [[Itō, Shizuoka|Itō]]
</gallery>

== Notable people ==
[[Motoo Kimura]] (木村 資生, 1924–1994), biologist and theoretical population geneticist, died in Shizuoka Prefecture

== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}

== References ==
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC  ''Japan encyclopedia.''] Cambridge: [[Harvard University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition  OCLC 58053128]

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Shizuoka prefecture}}
* [http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/a_foreign/english/ Official Shizuoka Prefecture website]
* [http://www.shizuoka-guide.com/english/index.html Official Shizuoka Guide]
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